I’m a long time owner of bassets, but I have never trained one. I do have a bloodhound that was trained to track deer (he’s much better at the idea than I am) so I’m not completely stupid to this whole tracking idea. My wife and I got us a little girl basset just the other day. I’m really thinking about training her to track. I’m not into any of the shows or stuff…I’m really a country boy who honestly feels that if I’m going to train her to track then I need to train her to track something that I need her to find, not just a glove or whatever.
So anyway, I’m a big time beekeeper, and one of the hard things in beekeeping is to find feral (wild) colonies in the woods. So I was thinking could it be possible to train my little girl to track or find wild colonies of honey bees?
Now if it is possible the next question is what or how would I teach her to do this? Would I train her to track the bees themselves or wax or honey or pollen…I guess you can see where I’m going with this.
If any of this happens and I train her to find wild colonies I think it would be a first, and I know the beekeeping community would be somewhat thankful.
If it makes any of you feel better, I’m a moderator on a beekeeping forum…so I know how you feel when people come in and ask crazy questions. But I thank you for your time and any help you can offer.
BB
So anyway, I’m a big time beekeeper, and one of the hard things in beekeeping is to find feral (wild) colonies in the woods. So I was thinking could it be possible to train my little girl to track or find wild colonies of honey bees?
Now if it is possible the next question is what or how would I teach her to do this? Would I train her to track the bees themselves or wax or honey or pollen…I guess you can see where I’m going with this.
If any of this happens and I train her to find wild colonies I think it would be a first, and I know the beekeeping community would be somewhat thankful.
If it makes any of you feel better, I’m a moderator on a beekeeping forum…so I know how you feel when people come in and ask crazy questions. But I thank you for your time and any help you can offer.
BB